Do not fail on hierarchical branch names.

[git.git] / git-branch.sh

diff --git a/git-branch.sh b/git-branch.sh
index e2db906..67f113a 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-branch.sh
+++ b/git-branch.sh
@@ -102,4 +102,6 @@ rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$head") || exit
 git-check-ref-format "heads/$branchname" ||
        die "we do not like '$branchname' as a branch name."
 
+leading=`expr "refs/heads/$branchname" : '\(.*\)/'` &&
+mkdir -p "$GIT_DIR/$leading" &&
 echo $rev > "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname"